11 Facts About Sundiata Acoli

Sundiata Acoli was born on January 14,1937, as Clark Edward Squire and is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.

Sundiata Acoli was sentenced to life in prison in 1974 for murdering a New Jersey state trooper.

Sundiata Acoli was radicalised by the assassination of Martin Luther King in April 1968 and that same year joined the Harlem chapter of the Black Panther Party as its finance minister.

Sundiata Acoli was arrested on April 2,1969, in the Panther 21 conspiracy case, in which members were accused of planned coordinated bombing and long-range rifle attack on two police stations and an education office in New York City.

Sundiata Acoli was driving the two-door vehicle, Assata Shakur was seated in the right front seat, and Zayd Shakur was in the right rear seat.

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Sundiata Acoli said at the time that he was hit by a bullet, blacked out and couldn't remember what happened.

Sundiata Acoli then drove the car —which contained Assata Shakur, who was wounded, and Zayd Shakur, who was dead or dying—5 miles down the road.

Sundiata Acoli then exited the car and, after being ordered to halt by a trooper, fled into the woods as the trooper emptied his gun.

Sundiata Acoli was captured after a 36-hour manhunt—involving 400 people, state police helicopters, and bloodhounds.

On November 21,2017, the appeals board denied parole, and Sundiata Acoli was not scheduled to be eligible to apply again until 2032 when he would have been 94 years old.

Sundiata Acoli is hailed in the song "Sunshine" by hip hop music artist Yasiin Bey alongside Mumia Abu Jamal and Assata Shakur.